April 2019 Edition
Training and Technical Assistance Offerings
Upcoming Meetings
Health Sector FY20 Budget Dialogue
Friday, April 5, 2019
Overview: DCPCA announces the 6th Annual Health Sector Budget Briefing on Friday, April 5, 2019, from 10 AM to 12 PM at the Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite G-9. Hosted by DCPCA, the DC Hospital Association, DC Behavioral Health Association, and the DC Health Care Association, the event will be an opportunity to engage directly with health sector department leaders regarding policy, priorities, and partnerships in the FY20 budget. 



For more information contact David Poms, DCPCA, at dpoms@dcpca.org
Upcoming DCPCA-Sponsored Trainings
Training : Basic E/M Billing, Coding, and Documentation
Thursday, April 11, 2019
  • Time: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
  • Location: DCPCA Conference Room - 1620 I Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20006
  • Facilitator: Shellie Sulzberger, Coding and Compliance Initiatives
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

Training Overview: Advance your financial goals and reduce admin burden through discussion and practice of the following objectives:
  • Impact of medical documentation
  • Medical Necessity and General Principles of Documentation 
  • Evaluation & Management Codes 
  • Three key components of Evaluation and Management services 
  • Counseling and Coordination of Care 
  • New versus established patients 
  • ICD-10 reporting and documenting.

Who Should Attend: Providers of All Levels (Physicians (MD); Physician's Assistant (PA); Nurse Practitioners (NP); Nurses (RN); Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) and Billing Staff



For more information contact Emily Long, DCPCA, at elong@dcpca.org. 

Training : eCW New Front Office Staff Training
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
  • Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST
  • Location: DCPCA Conference Room - 1620 I Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20006
  • Facilitator: Jim Costello, Deptuy Director of HIT Operations, DCPCA
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

At this session, you will:
  • Navigating eCW and customizing My Settings
  • Registering patients and creating appointments
  • Searching eHX for patients and creating new patients
  • Assigning insurance and sliding fee scale and collecting payments
  • Assigning and managing Patient documents
  • Creating Telephone encounters and Actions
Training : eCW New Clinical Staff Training
Thursday, April 4, 2019
  • Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST
  • Location: DCPCA Conference Room - 1620 I Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20006
  • Facilitator: Jim Costello, Deptuy Director of HIT Operations, DCPCA
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

At this session, you will:
  • Navigating eCW and customizing My Settings
  • Importing clinical data from eHX
  • Document in progress note
  • Navigating to CRISP query portal in eCW
  • Creating Telephone encounters and Actions
  • Using Templates and Order sets
Training : Introduction to BridgeIT Designer
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
  • Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST
  • Location: DCPCA Conference Room - 1620 I Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20006
  • Facilitator: Mike Smoot, EHR Data Manager, DCPCA
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

*prerequisite for Day 2 training on 4/11/2019

Training Overview: Make the most of your BridgeIT reporting with DCPCA's Interactive BridgeIT Designer Training. Participants will learn to create customized BridgeIT reports, learn how to import and customize canned reports from the Warehouse and learn best practices for securely distributing this data to necessary personnel.

Who Should Attend:

  • Quality Improvement Staff
  • Population Health/ Public Health Specialist
  • Data Coordinators/Analyst/Managers
  • Billing Managers/Specialist
  • Research Analyst

Anyone interested in participating should contact Mike Smoot, EHR Data Manager at msmoot@dcpca.org. 
Training : Follow-Up to Introduction to BridgeIT Designer
Thursday, April 11, 2019
  • Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST
  • Location: DCPCA Conference Room - 1620 I Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20006Mike Smoot EHR Data Manager, DCPCA
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

*attendance required at Day 1 training on 04/10/2019

Training Overview: During this session we will answer follow up questions from the Day 1 training, review the take home BridgeIT Exam, create a 2nd custom report as a group and have a final question and answer period to wrap up. 
 
Anyone interested in participating in the Follow-Up to Introduction to BridgeIT Designer Training should contact Mike Smoot, EHR Data Manager at msmoot@dcpca.org. 

Save the Date:
2019 DCPCA Annual Meeting and Health Summit
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Look out for more information and registration details.  
Training : Quality Improvement (QI) Boot Camp
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
  • Time: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
  • Location: DCPCA Conference Room - 1620 I Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20006
  • Facilitator: Megan Loucks, Director of Quality Improvement, DCPCA
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

Training Overview: The Quality Improvement (QI) Boot Camp is geared towards any health center staff that support quality improvement, including both clinical and administrative staff. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss key QI principles including the Model for Improvement, PDSA process, SMART goals, and quality measures. We will apply the concepts learned to real-life case studies through hands-on group exercises.

At this session, you will:

  • Understand core principles of quality improvement (QI)
  • Practice utilizing key tools to implement effective QI, including:
  • Developing a PDSA plan
  • Creating SMART goals
  • Conducting Root Cause Analysis
  • Developing process flow diagrams
  • Selecting appropriate quality measures

Who Should Attend: 

  • Any health center staff that support quality improvement, including both clinical and administrative staff
  • Members of QI teams



For more information contact Megan Loucks, DCPCA, at mloucks@dcpca.org. 

Conference Save the Date
Qual IT Spring Conference
April 15-16, 2019
Hosted by DCPCA and Health Efficient, join this two-day convening of health center staff to share best practices and learn from subject matter experts. Staff across our 25 member Qual IT (HCCN) collaborative will be in attendance. Our most recent conference, held in September in Silver Spring, had a successful turnout of 110 health center members from across our HCCN/Qual IT network.

Our twice-a-year conferences present a special opportunity to connect with your fellow health center staff to share best practices and innovations. Once again, we have four "tracks" at this conference:
  • Clinical; 
  • Operations & revenue cycle;
  • Executives; and
  • IT.

The final agenda is forthcoming. As a preview, sessions will include: Care Management Tips and Techniques, Meaningful Use Stage 3, Best Practices for Hypertension, Value-Based Payment in Action, IT Security, eCW Population Health Basics, CMO Roundtable, Risk Stratification.

There is no charge for staff of Qual IT member health centers to attend this conference. In fact, to help with travel and accommodations, DCPCA is offering a $500 stipend per health center organization. 


If you have any questions regarding the upcoming QualIT Spring Conference contact Berlinda Olivier, DCPCA, at bolivier@dcpca.org. 

Ongoing Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities
Allergy Testing for Asthmatic Patients
Are you familiar with ImmunoCAP, an IgE blood test for allergies? ImmunoCAP identifies allergic triggers. Knowing the specific triggers allows clinicians to provide recommendations to reduce symptoms and asthma exacerbations. NIH recommends IgE testing and other actions for all patients with persistent asthma. ImmunoCAP is available to DC providers and covered by health insurance.

Call your LabCorp representative or Trish Hartford at hartfop@LabCorp.com p) 202-770-7931 to schedule a comprehensive training session for your providers regarding Allergy Testing for Asthmatic Patients. This training will introduce ImmunoCAP and discuss how to read results, and incorporate knowledge of allergic triggers into standardized protocols for asthma care.
BridgeIT Designer and BridgeIT Viewer
Make the most of your BridgeIT Reporting with DCPCA's one-on-one interactive BridgeIT technical assistance sessions. To schedule your "BridgeIT Designer/Viewer" technical assistance session, contact Mike Smoot, EHR Data Manager at msmoot@dcpca.org .   

Emergency Preparedness Training Opportunities
DCPCA offers the following trainings:

  • CPR, AED, & First Aid Training: Lay Person/Basic Life Support (BLS): Healthcare Provider
  • Emergency Preparedness 101-Basic Training
  • Active Shooter/Active Threat Training
  • Stop-the-Bleed training
  • De-Escalation training

Trainings can be customized to fit specific groups at your facilities and can be tailored to meet the needs of your organization. For additional information, please contact Michelle Ezeofor, Emergency Preparedness Program Manager, at mezeofor@dcpca.org or call (202)552-2345.

Team-Based Approach to Blood Pressure Control Training
DCPCA has partnered with the American Heart Association (AHA) to offer an in-person training titled "A Team-Based Approach to Blood Pressure Control" for our member health centers. This training is facilitated by Dr. Richard T. Benson, Associate Medical Director of Stroke at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center with the NIH Stroke Program. For additional information please contact Berlinda Olivier, Quality Improvement (QI) Specialist at bolivier@dcpca.org.

Upcoming External Training Opportunities
Webinar: Navigating Gender Affirming Care
April 9, 2019
Webinar: Using Health Information Technology to Enhance Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
April 18, 2019
National Learning Webinar Series: Diabetes in Special & Vulnerable Populations
April 2019
D iabetes affects more than 30 million people in the United States. In addition to higher prevalence, ethnic and racial minority patients with diabetes have higher mortality and higher rates of diabetic complications.
13 National Cooperative Agreement (NCA) organizations have partnered to create a four-part national learning webinar series to increase foundation knowledge of effective strategies to prevent, treat, and manage diabetes among special and vulnerable Health Center Program patients.

Webinar Series: Harnessing the Power of Data
April Sessions
Webinar Series: An Introduction to Population Health from Clinical and Public Health Perspectives
April 2019
Webinar Series: eClinicalWorks 5-part Work Smart Webinars
February - June 2019
Topics and Dates for Sessions:
  • EMR Tips and Tricks – Thursday, February 28, 2019, 2:00 PM EST
  • Billing Tips and Tricks – Thursday, March 21, 2019, 2:00 PM, EST
  • Seamlessly Exchange Data With Other EHRs (using Commonwell and Carequality) – Thursday, April 25, 2019, 2:00 PM, EST
  • How eCW Is Helping Lower Risks of Physician Burnout – Thursday, May 30, 2019, 2:00 PM, EST
  • Enhance Your Workflows With Speech (using Scribe and EVA) – Thursday, June 27, 2019, 2:00 PM, EST

Your staff can sign for these the eCW Support portal either by:
  • Going to https://my.eclinicalworks.com/eCRM/jsp/healthcenter-webinar.jsp and logging into the Support Portal OR
  • Log into the my.eclinicalworks.com portal and navigating to Knowledge > Health Centers > Webinars and looking for “The Work Smart Webinar Series” items

Cost: Free

For more information about this eClinicalWorks training contact Michelle Tropper, Director of Clinical Programs at mtropper@healthefficient.org.
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